How a grocery worker turned into a billionaire?! These are the ‎reasons for his success and his advice to the younger ‎generations

John Catsimatidis went from grocery worker to billionaire and CEO of a range of companies, and he details how you can do the same.

The American business tycoon, who chairs the board of directors and CEO of the United Refining Company and the grocery store Red Apple Group, has released a new book that teaches work ethics, American values, and the importance of work-life balance.

Catsimatidis says, according to the “Fox Business” website, in a radio interview that he may be, like many, working 80 or 90 hours a week. Still, at the age of seventy, he does not work 80 or 90 hours a week, and he enjoys his work.

The self-made billionaire advises young people to stay away from problems and pay attention to work and diligence, noting that whoever desires a three-day work week only may get that, but he will not achieve what he hopes for.

Catsimatidis’s family emigrated from Greece, where he was born, received his education and worked hard to pay off his school obligations.

The billionaire said that when he got his high school diploma, he just wanted to sit on the sofa and watch TV. He says his mother got him off the couch and found him a job at a grocery store, where he was making $0.9 an hour, and when he wanted to take driving lessons, it cost $28 an hour. So he has to work 25 hours and 28 hours to take a one hour driving lesson.

Despite being accepted into the prestigious West Point Military Academy, Catsimatidis decided to attend New York University and continue working at the grocery store.

“The American Dream, I discovered somewhere along the way, doesn’t come with a how-to guide or a page at the end that says, ‘Well, you can stop now,’” the billionaire wrote in his book about life in America. It has arrived. “I have done so much and seen so much more. But I’m still that immigrant kid who thinks this is the greatest country of all. I still believe in the promise of America. I still believe that the best is yet to come.

Catsimatidis warns of the importance of family life and the necessity of balancing work and enjoying life.